It's Preview Time

It took some time and the help of a special fellow TC fan,

(Thanks Tom!!!)

but we found the preview videos.

Beginning with

Find out why Lee Anne is not cooking in this grudge match.

Click HERE for the 4 Star All Stars preview.

There is still time to vote in our poll ,so we have moved it up the blog.

Poll is now closed

Then checkout the Top Chef Season 3 preview HERE.

Miami, here we come!!!

Counting Down The Chefs

13 days to go to Top Chef 3 and our next new chef ...

Today's highlight is:

Chef Joey Paulino
Chef de cuisine at Café des Artistes
New York, NY

Joey's must-have kitchen accessory is? Vita-Prep

Joey's go-to ingredients? Green cardamom.

What ingredient(s) does Joey avoid/dislike? Mike and Ike's and ice cream.

How will Joey handle the pressure of competition? I stay mentally strong.

A very special

wish to Chef Joey today.

Welcome to Top Chef 3 Joey, we wish you the best!

Top Chef 3 Miami Goes Bilingual

From Reality TV Magazine. com

"Bravo announced today the cable network's first-ever venture into the Hispanic market with a multi-faceted promotional partnership with sister network Telemundo and Bravo's hit culinary series "Top Chef 3 Miami," (Wednesday, June 13, 10 – 11:15 p.m. ET/PT), the number one food show on cable. The promotional elements will include creative in-show integrations for both "Top Chef 3 Miami" and Telemundo's popular morning show "Cada Dia;" a webisode cooking series hosted by "Top Chef" season two contestant Carlos Fernandez, produced in English and Spanish for BravoTV.com and and Yahoo!Telemundo websites; and weekly blogs featuring Fernandez's take on the series"

Read more

Congratulation Chef Carlos.

Counting Down The Chefs

With 14 days to go, let's meet the next new chef.

Bravo held a Q&A session with each of the chefs. We found the following 4 questions of interest and items to watch for, as each of the chefs compete to become the next top chef.

Today's highlight is:

Chef Hung Hyunh

Executive sous-chef,

Guy Savoy in the Augustus Tower at CEASAR'S Palace

Las Vegas, Nevada

Hung's must-have kitchen accessory is? Vita-Prep immersion circulator, hand blender.
Hung's go-to ingredients? vinegar, fish sauce, lemongrass, sugar.
What ingredient(s) does Hung avoid/dislike? Swiss cheese, sage, and yuzu .
How will Hung handle the pressure of competition? I like the pressure. It helps to pump me up and gives me an adrenaline rush.



Chef Hung is featured in The Top Chef Promo as saying, " Somebody has to be the bad guy... and I am really good at it"

Oh this is going to be fun.

Welcome to Top Chef 3 Hung,

we wish you the best.

Finally...a Response From Marcel

The response we had been waiting for has arrived!

Wired has Marcel's personal answer to the accusations made toward him in regards to the Cyber-Egg!
Check it out!

People Magazine 100 Most Beautiful People 2007

Top Chef host, Padma Lakshmi , makes People magazine "100 Most Beautiful People" list of 2007.

She quotes "Honey" as her skin-care product for pulling impurities from the pores.

Congratulations to Padma

Counting Down The New Chefs

Back on May 8th, we introduced the 15 new chefs of Top Chef Season 3. We also provided links to each of their bios from the Bravo.com site. Those links are now available on the right sidebar.

On May 11, our own Chef Back Burner gave her first impression of each of the chefs. It will be fun to watch and see how close her first impressions are.

Let's count these final 15 days down by learning a little bit more about each of the chefs.

Bravo held a Q&A session with each of the chefs. We found the following 4 questions of interest and items to watch for, as each of the chefs compete to become the next top chef.

Over the next 15 days, we will highlight one chef and their answers to the following questions.

Your must-have kitchen accessory is?

What are your go-to ingredients?

What ingredient(s) do you avoid/dislike?

How do you handle the pressure of competition?

Then we can watch and see if they use the accessory, their go-to ingredients and if their way of handing the pressure works.

Today's Highlight!

Chef Brian Malarkey,
Executive Chef, The Oceanaire Seafood Room,
San Diego, California.

Brian's must-have kitchen accessory is? A knife

Brian's go-to ingredients? Avocado, shrimp, and citrus.

What ingredient(s) does Brian avoid/dislike? Nettles and dandelion greens

How will Brian handle the pressure of competition? I learned to work better with the pressure -you breathe and focus.

Welcome to Top Chef 3 Brian,

we wish you all the best!

Top Chef : In The News

Cooking the fish connoisseurs crave with a top chef; first catch of a four-week season. Click HERE to read the Wall Street Journal

Look out Atlanta, Chef Tom is headed your way. Click HERE

A "Food Fight" culinary competition with celebrity chef Marcel Vigneron in July. Click HERE

In addition to TC3, this summer has "Hell's Kitchen" and the "Next Food Network Star". Click HERE

County wineries to be ‘Uncorked’ on PBS and Ted Allen. Click HERE

With gas prices what they are, we will have a great summer of cooking and wine show to watch.

Top Chef 3 Miami Tidbits

Interested in a few tidbits regarding season 3? Tidbits such as:

• some of the guest judges
• locations of the first few episodes
• What a few of the chefs have to say?

Then click HERE to read more from the Miami Herald.

Get a Chance to Eat "Craft"-y

It's time for all you food junkies to get out your wallets and do some good while enjoying some grub...Food & Wine's Online Auction, where all proceeds go to benefit Farm to Table, " a national initiative dedicated to encouraging sustainable agriculture and increasing people's access to locally- and sustainably-grown foods" (Food & Wine) has some amazing items including....
Dinner for 4 at Craftsteak New York

"Craftsteak New York, the ultimate in steakhouses, features beef sourced from the world's top ranchers and artisanal producers dry-aged in the restaurant's own aging room. Chef/Owner Tom Colicchio, a 1991 Food & Wine Best New Chef head judge on BRAVO! Top Chef series and Grow for Good committee member has been credited with giving the "steakhouse back its soul" with this elegant downtown restaurant." (Food & Wine)

Then and Now. Top Chef Season 1 and 2

Last night, Bravo released the first promo for the Top Chef 4 Star All Star show on June 6th.

We now have then and now pictures of both teams.

Season 1: Dave, Harold, Stephen and Tiffani

Season 2: Marcel, Ilan, Elia and Sam

Not a whole lot of change.

and more important, we get to see all 8 of them cook again.

But Elia....WTF!?!?!

Be sure to go down to the next post and vote for the team you think will win.

Top Chef 4 STAR ALL-STARS

What would be the best way to describe this?!?!

We think Daniel Vosovic of season 2 Project Runway says it best.

Season 1 Chefs: Dave, Stephen, Harold and Tiffani.

Take on Season 2 Chefs: Elia, Marcel, Ilan and Sam.

Can the Chefs of season 1 do this blindfolded?

Or will the season 2 Chefs have some tricks up their sleeves?





or will it just be another day at the beach for season 2?


Season 1 does not think so.

So, before Season 3 starts, the new chefs will be judging

the Season 1 and Season 2 chefs in the TC All-Star Showdown!.

It is your turn to be the judge.

Poll is now closed
June 6th on Bravo. Mark your calendars!!!

Chef Harold Is On A Roll

Click HERE to read more.

Perilla Review

Bloomberg.com covers every tastey morsel of Harold's new venture...

Check it out!

And make sure you leave support and love over on the restaraunt's myspace page..especially if you've had the pleasure of enjoying the food!

Another Sam Sighting

Yes, there has been another Sam Talbot sighting. This time it involves

Perilla and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Click HERE to learn more.

Andy Cohen , Bravo's Senior Vice President of Production and Programming was with Sarah Jessica. Click HERE to read Andy's blog, and learn more about the food Harold dishes up at his new restaurant, Perilla. (pages 2 and 3) Best of luck, Harold! We are happy Perilla is off to such a great start!.

Update to Anthony Bourdain new daughter and ... wife
His new daughter is name Ariane
and Anthony and Ottavia were wed on April 20th
Our best wishes to this new family!!

Sam Skips Out...?

Tuesday Eater.com posted this story about Sam pulling out of his New York business plans....

...PAUSE for a hot Sam photo...

...Then today the New York Post had some extra "insiders" information on the subject....Stay tuned for updates!

Oh no, Marcel...

It seems our Marcel can't avoid scandal. Does it follow him? or does he bring it on himself? Well, this time he may be to blame. Chow.com reports in their food media blog, The Grinder, that Marcel may be a plagiarist...Check it out!

UPDATE!!!!

Melanie was nice enough to give us the link to an article posted by The Gurgling Cod that clarifies the details and clears Marcel's name...which we are grateful for. We may not all love each cheftestant equally but we have only the best wishes for their futures. Read the article.

Top Chef 3 In The News

Filming of Top Chef 3 continues this week at Nikki Beach in Miami on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Ivy delivers with Chef Howie of Season 3

and 'Top Chef' is all in the family down in Dallas.

None cooking related but city related, Miami leads the nation in top road rage. In fact, most of the hometowns of season 3 chefs rank in the top 25 with New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego and Dallas.

Calling All "Foodies"...

This season of Top Chef we are putting a call out to all food connoisseurs. If you live near the restaraunt of any of our Top Chefs (from any season) We want you! Go for a visit, have dinner, take photos, and, if you can, meet the chef! Write it up and we’ll post it....or if you happen to have a blog we’ll link you up. We want what you can get...pictures, menus,...and maybe even a little (approved) gossip. Hey, besides, chances are you'll have an enjoyable evening complete with good food....Just Contact Us!

Happy Birthday Chef Clay

A special birthday wish to Chef Clay of season 3. We may not have seen you in action yet... but we wish you a wonderful birthday and look forward to season 3 with you.